Capital markets

The pressure is on for banks to lean more heavily on capital markets, wealth management and other nonmortgage sources of fee income. That could get tougher in upcoming quarters.

Despite an overall weak mortgage originations market, Flagstar Bancorp's third-quarter earnings grew 20%, due in large part to its ongoing efforts to diversify operations.

Ant Financial, Alibaba’s finance affiliate controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy a stake in the Brazilian payments firm StoneCo Ltd after the company prices its initial public offering, joining Warren Buffett in investing in Brazil’s booming financial-technology startup landscape.

Indian wallet provider Paytm has entered the Japanese market in a joint venture with SoftBank Group and Yahoo Japan.

At Barclays' fintech accelerator, this year's class has fresh takes on personal financial management, recruiting and trade finance.

As VR and AR mature, new possibilities open up for customer interaction in a virtual space.

The regtech firm Arachnys, which recently raised $10 million from QED Investors and others, draws from a collection of 23,000 data sources to help banks protect themselves from money launderers and other criminals.

A $245 million funding round for the payments processor Stripe contributed to heavy venture capital investment in the third quarter.

Companies founded by women receive significantly less than the venture capital available to all U.S. firms, but trends are improving for all startups this year, including for women-owned fintechs.

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

Getting companies to share fraud fighting intel is a tough game, but Forter has played it well enough to draw a fresh round of funding to boost the Israeli fintech's profile in the U.S.

Bank Novo isn't a business lender (lots of firms already do that) or an account provider (it has a bank partner for that). Instead, it provides small businesses tools to track and analyze their banking activities.

An emerging VC model seeks to get in on new ideas early, before Series A or initial coin offering, offering coaching, money and other accelerants as close to the point of invention as possible.

Shamir Karkal said his startup will allow fintechs to develop ACH processing for their companies without having to partner with banks.

It should come as no surprise that Meera Clark would gravitate to ventures like Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab, which pairs venture capital with founders from diverse backgrounds. After all, her mother, Ranjana Clark, is a disruptive trailblazer of her own at MUFG.

The firm hopes to distinguish itself from other lenders by analyzing customer cash flow to determine the likelihood that borrowers will repay.

The bank's public offering comes three years after it raised $16 million in a private placement.

The way Charlotte McLaughlin sees it, grit is a little like exercise: You only get stronger with practice.

After being involved in more than 70 syndicated finance transactions involving noninvestment grade companies, KeyBanc Capital Markets has graduated to lead bookrunner status, under Amy Carlson.

The New York company said Wednesday that the new group will provide loans and other services to early-stage, consumer-focused companies.